Come on, we all do it, or we all have done it at least once in our lives. It’s the thing we all hate: Procrastination. Procrastination is like a drippy faucet. At first it doesn’t seem like a big issue. So you neglect it, but over time the faucet becomes runny and eventually overflows the sink, which makes it an even bigger issue for you than it would have been in the beginning. Procrastination can give you the illusion of having the time to do things later, which really just increases how much you neglect those things. It can have negative and positive aspects… but mostly negative. Here are the key reasons about why you shouldn’t procrastinate and what causes procrastination.
Procrastination consumes your time
Procrastinating can really mess with your time. Even the littlest things can affect you. It can affect everything from your getting ready in the morning to doing your assignments late at night. Procrastinating can lose you a bunch of time for basically anything. It can create a chain of problems that can ruin your day! An example: You forget to change your cat’s litter so you leave it for tomorrow because you simply just don’t want to do it. But now your cat did their business on the carpet and you spent all morning scraping it off, making you late to work. Even though this is just a prime example of one of the many situations that can happen if you procrastinate, it shows you the effect of what happens after you procrastinate.
Time has always played a part in procrastination. Studies have shown that everyone struggles with procrastinating. Procrastination can also affect your conditions and overall health if it gets too out of hand. 80-95% that struggle with procrastination are students. If adults struggle with procrastination, we can’t even imagine how much worse it is for the younger adults and teens.
Here are some ways you can manage your time to avoid procrastination, first you can break your chores into small steps, so that you don’t feel too pressured and can get things done. Another way to keep yourself organized is to set alarms or get a family member to remind you of your duties.
Quality is important
No one likes when you put no effort into your tasks. Procrastinating can give you less time to do things and make you rush; it can lead to doing what you need to do with bad quality or even worse just not doing it at all. Let’s imagine this: You have an essay due in a few days and you think you have enough time so you decide to push it till Sunday. Then it’s Sunday afternoon and you just don’t feel like doing the essay. But now it’s Sunday night and it’s due at 11:59 PM. Not only do you have to do your long essay, but you don’t have a lot of time to do it so you rush through it, and in the process you make a huge amount of grammar mistakes and write incorrect citations. Not managing your time can make your tasks harder!
The important problem this paragraph is explaining is poor quality. In this article, it shows how students who procrastinate are more stressed and put in less energy to do their assignments. It also shows that they are at risk for more physical and psychological problems in their lives
Feeling good
You know that familiar feeling of being done with all your chores? Being able to finally sit down and relax? Yes, we all know this feeling and how relieving it is but it won’t happen if procrastination jumps into the picture. Obviously you want to hang out with your friends, but your responsibilities should always come first. This is why managing your time is important so that you can be responsible and have fun.
Studies have shown that procrastination can lead to depression and can have a toll on your health depending on what you’re procrastinating on. Procrastination is not just something everyone hates, it also has real disadvantages.
Battle against procrastination
This article has proved many reasons on why you should avoid procrastination. It can waste your time, damage the quality of your work, and kill your mood. Worst of all, It can affect your mental health and make you stress more than you have to. Which is why it’s good to prevent it as much as possible!
